Jan Burgers

J. M. Burgers
Jan Burgers
Born	(1895-01-13)January 13, 1895 Arnhem, Netherlands
Died	Washington, USA
Residence	Netherlands United States
Nationality	Dutch
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Delft University of Technology University of Maryland
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Doctoral advisor	Paul Ehrenfest
Known for	Burgers equation Burgers material Burgers vector
Notable awards	ASME Medal (1965) Otto Laporte Award (1974)

Johannes (Jan) Martinus Burgers (January 13, 1895 – June 7, 1981) was a Dutch physicist and the brother of the physicist W. G. Burgers. Burgers studied in Leiden under Paul Ehrenfest, where he obtained his PhD in 1918. He is credited to be the father of Burgers' equation, the Burgers vector in dislocation theory and the Burgers material in viscoelasticity.

Jan Burgers was one of the co-founders of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) in 1946, and was its secretary-general from 1946 until 1952.

In 1931 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1955 he became foreign member.

External links

• Johannes Martinus Burgers at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• A.J.Q. Alkemade, Burgers, Johannes Martinus (1895–1981), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. (Dutch)
• "Johannes Martinus Burgers; 13 January 1895 to 7 June 1981", biography at the University of Maryland
• JM Burgers Centrum
• The Burgers program for fluid dynamics at the University of Maryland
• Oral History interview transcript with Johannes Burgers 9 June 1962, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
• , 32nd Gibbs lecture delivered by Burgers at Philadelphia, Tuesday, 20 January 1959